2000 American League Division Series

DatesOctober 3 – 6TelevisionESPNTV announcersChris Berman and Rick SutcliffeRadioESPN
KIRO (Mariners' broadcast)
WMVP (White Sox broadcast)Radio announcersErnie Harwell and Dave CampbellTeamsDatesOctober 3 – 8TelevisionNBC (Games 1, 3–4)/Pax (Game 1)
Fox (Games 2, 5)TV announcersSkip Caray and Joe Morgan (Games 1, 3–4)
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Game 2)
Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 5)RadioESPNRadio announcersDan Shulman and Buck MartinezUmpiresCharlie Reliford, Kerwin Danley, Mike Reilly, Mike Winters, Rick Reed, Doug Eddings (Mariners–White Sox, Games 1–2; Yankees–Athletics, Games 3–5)
Tim Welke, Chuck Meriwether, Tim McClelland, Paul Schrieber, Al Clark, Jeff Nelson (Yankees–Athletics, Games 1–2; Mariners–White Sox, Game 3)

The 2000 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the American League side in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) 2000 postseason, began on Tuesday, October 3, and ended on Sunday, October 8, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a wild card team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:

• (1) Chicago White Sox (Central Division champion, 95–67) vs. (4) Seattle Mariners (Wild Card, 91–71): Mariners win series, 3–0.
• (2) Oakland Athletics (Western Division champion, 91–70) vs. (3) New York Yankees (Eastern Division champion, 87–74): Yankees win series, 3–2.

The defending World Series champion Yankees defeated the Mariners in the AL Championship Series. They went on to win the World Series against the National League championNew York Mets in five games, for their third consecutive championship, and fourth in five years.